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Florenz Ames
Acting
Biography
A relative newcomer to television at a time when most people would be looking toward retirement, Florenz Ames started out as a song and dance man in vaudeville, often performing on smaller stages with his wife Alice "Adelaide" Winthrop; as "Ames and Winthrop" they appeared in a revue called "Alice in Blunderland" with Winthrop in the title role and Ames playing the other roles. He moved onto the Broadway stage and appeared in a number of shows from before World War I until the Korean War, including the original productions of "Of Thee I Sing" and "Oklahoma!" as well as a number of Gilbert & Sullivan operas.
BODY OF WORK
Florenz Ames's Filmography
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Teacher's Pet
as J. L. Ballentine
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
as Silas Applegate
The Deadly Mantis
as Prof. Anton Gunther
The Big Caper
as Dutch Paulmeyer
The King and Four Queens
as Josiah Sweet, Undertaker
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mr. Hillaby
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
as Silas Applegate
He Laughed Last
as George Eagle
The Fastest Gun Alive
as Joe Fenwick
That Certain Feeling
as Senator Winston
Texas Lady
as Wilson
Man with the Gun
as Doc Hughes (uncredited)
The Human Jungle
as Leonard Ustick
Viva Zapata!
as Senor Espejo